ted1922 Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 Jim Morris own AN 1925 Buick Touring Car he race at lions drag strip and a few other strips in the 60's. He was running an stroke nailhead Buick engine with I be live an CAD trans. I was told it ran in the 10 second 1/4 mile . This Buick was in Hot Rod as well as Car Craft magazine, and they made a model of it to. It was Hot Rod and Car Craft magazine. The Buick is still on the road, but as a driver Jim was great guy and a joker too. If Anybody known Jim or has photos of this Buick I would like to see them or hear from you. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrEarl Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 Awesome, would love to hear more about this too!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auburnseeker Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 (edited) That's an early resto rod. Looks like you could bolt the original wheels back on it and at a glance no one would know. A real sleeper. Though I don't think you could keep a set of original wheels on it without spinning the hubs out of them. Assuming that the low ET was without the top and side curtains. Edited March 13, 2018 by auburnseeker (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ted1922 Posted March 14, 2018 Author Share Posted March 14, 2018 Jim would race the Buick with the top up and down. He later on swap the engine and trans for a 401 Buick nailhead and 400 trans for more of an daily driver use. Blown engine was purchase by Tommy Ivo , this is what I was told. for a long time he ran Buick wire wheels. he also had a set of bufflo wire he would bolt on for the movies . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ted1922 Posted March 15, 2018 Author Share Posted March 15, 2018 Here is what the Buick look like in the mid 70's 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maok Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 On 3/6/2018 at 3:09 AM, ted1922 said: Jim Morris own AN 1925 Buick Touring Car he race at lions drag strip and a few other strips in the 60's. He was running an stroke nailhead Buick engine with I be live an CAD trans. I was told it ran in the 10 second 1/4 mile . This Buick was in Hot Rod as well as Car Craft magazine, and they made a model of it to. It was Hot Rod and Car Craft magazine. The Buick is still on the road, but as a driver Jim was great guy and a joker too. If Anybody known Jim or has photos of this Buick I would like to see them or hear from you. LoL! Its amazing that Buick didn't shake to bits with that monster under the bonnet (hood). That is just crazy.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ted1922 Posted November 5, 2018 Author Share Posted November 5, 2018 Hare are a few extra photos I came across. Jim's Buick was in Popular Hot Rodding and Hot Rod magazine in 1963. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avgwarhawk Posted November 7, 2018 Share Posted November 7, 2018 And it is a nailhead! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DualQuadDave Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 This thing is gangster all the way! I want to see more, any idea what issue of Hot Rod/Car Craft it appeared in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ted1922 Posted November 11, 2018 Author Share Posted November 11, 2018 Yes 1 Hot Rod magazine August 1963 page 56,57 Popular Hot Rodding January 1963 page 49 He was also in Rod and Custom, I am trying to find that issue. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Schramm Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 It would be interesting to see what type of axle he was using. Sounds like the whole drive train was able to be swapped out at will. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ted1922 Posted January 16, 2019 Author Share Posted January 16, 2019 He used an Buick rearend, He ran 4.44 ratio. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ted1922 Posted February 13, 2019 Author Share Posted February 13, 2019 Photos of this same 1925 Buick in the movie Saint Valentine's Massacre. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Csordas Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 May 25, 2019 is the date for this years Buick race. Hope to a lot of Buicks racing or on display. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ted1922 Posted February 24, 2019 Author Share Posted February 24, 2019 where ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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